NSA Video: The Truth About the Polygraph

[George W. Maschke]

The National Security Agency (NSA) has produced a video intended to allay the anxiety of those facing polygraph screening with the agency. This past weekend, I posted a critique of the video to the AntiPolygraph.org blog (via YouTube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93_FDeMENN4

The video has generated quite a bit of on-line discussion, and I thought it worthwhile to open a discussion thread here, too. Other sites where the NSA video has been discussed include:

• Slashdot.org
  
• Marc Ambinder's "The Night Beat" blog on the website of The Atlantic
  
• The "Hillicon Valley" blog on The Hill
  
• Jeff Stein's "SpyTalk" blog on the Washington Post website
  
• Jeff Stein's column on p. B03 of today's Washington Post
  

[mustbaliar]

Seems like Jeff Stein went out of his way to avoid mentioning this website/organization.  Great journalism.

Thanks for putting the link in the article's comments.  I was about to do that but noticed you beat everyone to the punch!

[Sergeant1107]

Nice job on the video, George.  Very understated and easy to follow.

[George W. Maschke]

I'm pleased to note that the video has had about 15,000 views in its first week online.

[theydeceivedme1]

Funny how they neglected to mention their use of probable lie questions which use pure trickery.